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Georgia power super off-peak charging rate 1.4 cents/KwH

So I signed up this evening for the super off peak rate and looking at the rate sheet...Georgia power super off-peak charging (11 PM to 7 AM) rate is 1.4164 cents/KwH for EVs. Just wanted to share this finding.

Just for reference my Florida Power & Light rate in 10.8 cents kWh with no variation.

They are proposing an increase so they can build more power plants, as well as supporting a ballot initiative to make customer use of wind and solar more difficult, in order to nuffify the encouragement amendment we just passed yesterday.

@Atlantan
Certainly stirred up some interest! That rate is incredible. Let's see what you get when the meter is installed and the bill arrives. I will be sending you the end of my extension cord from NorCal!

I would love to be able to switch to the "Time Advantage" plan where you reduce usage during peak hours but I work from home and in the summer it's just not feasible to shut the AC off. Quite jealous of the Georgia Power super off-peak rate!

So, this is why I hate, with a burning passion, SDG&E. There is a reason Solar is so prevalent here in San Diego, these guys are basically a legalized monopoly. We have the 2nd most expensive power rates in the country (not far behind Hawaii).

Now, here comes my RANT:
Back in 2002 when there were the rolling brown-outs, these guys were all about getting solar customers connected to the grid, to help reduce the strain on their power-generating capacity during peak hours. They supported Net Metering and over the course of the next 10 years or so made things attractive to customers to get panels installed, even though the cost of panels was relatively high compared to today. In the end, the BENEFIT to them was this was far far cheaper than having to invest in additional grid-level generation capacity. The Net Metering rules also benefited them greatly for anyone that installed "too much" solar capacity and was a net producer. They got to buy that power from the

Fast-forward to today: The cost of electricity keeps going up from the grid here in SDG&E territory (average 7-8% per year). This increase keeps pushing everyone that can afford to do so to buy solar panels. The result is that there is now a surplus of energy during the daytime hours and SDG&E often has to shut down their own production to prevent oversupply on the grid. Instead of selling energy, they are now buying it back (albeit at insanely cheap levels from their customer base). Now, Net Metering has turned in to a dirty word for them and they are petitioning the CaPUC to remove net metering (they failed this year, but did get concessions for new clients, like a $150 one-time charge for new solar customers and a buy back of only 90% of what customers put into the grid). Rates also continue to rise. Tier 1 starts at 19.2c/kWh, up from 17 last year, and Tier 2, 3, and 4 which gradually introduced higher rates up to 40c has been replaced by just Tier 2, which is 39c/kWh. Oh, and Tier 1 is VERY small, like ~400kWh of usage.

What these idiots that run this company don't understand is that tactics like this will push a great many customers to on-premises battery systems to store their excess capacity and not share it with the grid. I am already looking to install one of these within the next 3 years and go 100% off-grid and give the big middle finger to SDG&E.

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